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Where Were You When PLATO Was Born?

Posted by kdawson on from the ask-socrates dept.

PLATO, cradle of so many firsts, was born 50 years ago. Next week the Computer History Museum is hosting a two-day conference to celebrate the anniversary. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie, who worked on PLATO as an undergraduate, will be one of the keynote speakers. Co-producer Brian Dear has put together a list of today's technology notables and what they were doing in 1973, the year that social computing suddenly blossomed on PLATO.

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  1. nowhere by meerling · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sorry, but Plato was born and died a few thousand years before I was.

    (Yeah, I know, wrong Plato, but with that headline, you knew someone was going to say it.)

  2. Please explain... by RyanFenton · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know it's news for nerds... but I've never heard of this PLATO (other than the philosopher), and it would be nice to explain what it is in the summary or in an editor's sentence at the start.

    Ryan Fenton